Broom and brush holder



(NoM SdeL) J. H. ROSSONf Broom and Brush Hold er.

No. 230,342. I Patented July 20, 1880.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR:

I' D i 7 BY M Q ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPHUS H. ROSSON, OF COLUMBUS, KENTUCKY.

BROOM AND BRUSH HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,342, dated July 20, 1880.

Application filed March 10, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPI-IUS HEWITT ROS- SON, of Columbus, in the county of Hickman and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Broom and Brush Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved holder for hair, bristles, broom-straw, and like material for making brushes or brooms in a simple and convenient manner.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation and partial section of a brush made with my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the brush.

The metal bar A is provided with a screw, B, which projects upward from the narrow longitudinal side of the same, and is preferably in the center of this upper side. Upon this bar A the strands U, of hair, bristles, broomcorn, rags, ropes, or any other suitable material of which the brush or broom is to be made, are hung in equal portions to each side of the screw B. The strands should be hung so that an equal length hangs down at each side of the bar. ThebarA,havingthestrandsOsuspended therefrom, is then inserted into a head, I), which may be made of wood, metal, or any other suitable material, in such a manner that the screw passes through the aperture E in the top F of the head D, and also passes (No model.)

through the lower bent end, G, of the handle H, and is drawn tight by a thumb-screw or nut I.

The head, which has preferably the shape of 3 5 an inverted trough, may be straight or curved, and may be of any desired size, the bar A conforming in size and shape with the same.

J represents strips of iron. so arranged in connection with the head D as to strengthen said head, which is solid at its ends and closes on the broom to prevent its lateral displacement.

A brush or broom can be made very rapidly with my improved holder and at a much smaller expense than that of brooms or brushes in use heretofore, and it the material ofthe brush or broom is worn out it can be easily replaced.

Having thus described'my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y The. combination, in a broom and brush holder, of the metal bar A, having screw to connect the parts together by nut I, the end bent handle, H, the head D, having aperture E in top F, and the strips L, all substantially 

